Comment by bfriedly

Comment by Glenngunner

I'll reiterate this from another comment, Get rid of you ui while flying with alt-z It'll save you some frustration later

Comment by DELDarklegolas

*Off Topic*If you try to search "Dragon Ball" on WowHead you find this quest! xD

Comment by Beif

Well i'm trying to do this quest now and before the first corner hes throwing 3+ pumpkins at me in one go, has this been changed or is it bugged?

Comment by gaashura

A Parachute cloak is HIGHLY recommended for these quests, the engineering one is perfect since it only has 30 seconds cooldown, and will save your butt, but most likely your gold.

the only thing you need to do, is wear your cloak, and move the icon to a hotkey, take will help you react faster when you are falling, rather than clicking on the icon in your inventory.

-Gaash

Comment by Afakaz

I will also add that I found that in addition to disabling my interface, going into first-person view made this, and all of the other races, much easier. not to mention more exciting

Comment by FuxieDK

Is it nessesary to have an epic mount for this quest?

I still only have my 60% flying mount and the quest failes about 10-15 seconds after take off each time...

Comment by Noktulo

I just did this quest and I was amazed how pathetically easy it was. Go into first person, disable GUI (alt+z) and you just follow him. Very very very easy...

Comment by Mirtal

You must be honored with the Netherwing to get this quest.

Comment by Quario

I simply feel the need to thank the guys who said that alt+z-ing and zooming in to 1st person would help.. incredible, i tried this quest like 20 times and used to die at the first corner EVERY single time, once i did what u guys said, i completed it from the first try... incredible.

Comment by Cynnwyq

I have tried this three times now and each time I have aggro'ed the flying patrols and have been forced to land and defend myself. Twice on the landing strip itself and once just off the end. Am I missing something?

Comment by Kurokawa41

The pumpkins keep flying over my head but still knocking me off my mount. What do I do?

Comment by twizzler73

EASIEST way to complete this Q is to fly ABOVE him... you Don't have to stay right on his tail... fly above him and you have a much better chance. I tried all the above mentioned tips and died every time, then for the hell of it I tried to follow at a safe distance and ABOVE the ol' bastard. Too Easy!

Comment by darksylph

I just did this annoying quest and finally beat it.I laughed, because i managed to dodge all but the last pumpkin...which knocked me onto the landing strip and i managed to win anyways :)He only completes a small circuit around the town once...and a tip that may or may not be useful that i didnt see mentioned above is that if you stay near crystals, if the pumpkins hit the crystals they shatter. Yay!

Comment by darksylph

Oh, and i definately took all my gear off for it...so yay for naked orc racing! 75g + repair costs = sad panda.

Comment by nightcrawler93

just did it and i must say the advice saying flying above and alt+z did great help to me

Comment by Woth

What you got to do is to FOLLOW him, not to go faster than him. It's not actually a "race".I thought that the first time I did the quest, so I failed. Just follow him, neither very close nor too far away from him, just enough to avoid the pumpkins easily and not get the quest marked as "Failed". If you, at any moment, are ahead him, or at his side, he will "explode" or something, tossing pumpkins all over the place, so stay in your place.

Comment by Amrun

First of all, stay above him the whole time. Have a ready thumb on the space bar. Second, stay to the right of him (I guess left would work, I chose right) the whole time, behind him as well. Use space/strafe to avoid the pumpkins and don't get too far from him.

Comment by kurtiffrig

OK, took the advice of a few suggestions above and here's the easiest way to beat this...

1) Go into first person view (Not sure what key command that is on PC, on Mac you can hit the Home or End keys)

2) Turn off UI (Alt-Z for PC or Option-Z for Mac)

3) Stay wayyyyy above him and 100 mile back. I mean where you can barely see him. That gives you plenty of time to dodge the boulders. And don't worry about the other guys, this is a short run and you can take the hits.

4) Know the flight path ahead of time. He'll veer left off the runway and do a loop around the camp before he heads back to the runway. So bank left wayyy to his inside, you'll have a clear view of everything he throws.

5) After you land and he stops moving be sure to hit (Alt-Z or Option-Z) again to see the completion and turn in the quest.

Might still take a few practices, but this will definitely speed things along.

Comment by speople11

A few things no one has said.

Dont get too high above him, or it will auto fail you.

Also, definitely use 1st person perspective (mouse wheel forward) it is MUCH easier to dodge, and most importantly, when you see the landing strip, you can actually OVERTAKE him and the quest will STILL come up complete.

TatyanaAnachronos

Comment by Seersha

Flying high above him (and the other mobs) really worked out great! Only had to just my height rarely. Most pumpkins just missed. It's awesome. Thank you!

Comment by Hiwa

Followed all of your suggestions and was able to beat this in about 5 tries. I also want to add that druids can pop into flight form before they reach the ground and avoid the quest failing that way.

Comment by Avalionis

quick question here...do you actually have to do the race quests to get exalted and thus the netherdrake mount? or can you rely on the repeatable quests to (slowly) get to exalted?

Comment by Mufasah

Staying above and behdin worked charms. Also - going alt+z and first pov certainly helped.

Finished this quest first time I tried it.

Also - he was chucking multi-pumpkins. I didn't see him toss a single.

His path - you go off of the landing strip and veer to the left, going around the encampment. Instead of coming back in to the landing strip (and this threw momentarily) he circles back to the end and lands facing towards the camp.

Comment by skyejelly

I did the whole chain on my first try, but really it isn't that hard. These are the tactics I used:

- I would use my keyboard movement control and my mouse, so I had double control on my mount.- I disabled my UI with ALT-Z. It helps a lot for later opponents.- I flew quite behind, but I would alter my altitude. (Flying up, under them, side to side.)

- You HAVE to keep movement. (: Good luck to all.

Comment by kalika

dose this quest count towards the 90 shadowmoon area rep?

Comment by DebbiD

I'm not sure if Blizzard nerfed these quests or not, but all of the dragonmaw race quests seemed much easier than the first time I did them prior to Cataclysm and patch 4.2. Perhaps my flying skills have improved...I'm sure it helps that I have done them before and knew what to expect. Has anyone one else completed these recently and noticed they were considerably easier? Not that I'm complaining! I highly recommend watching Youtube videos if this is your first time around. The ones that others have posted were very helpful.

Comment by Melima

If you're a druid, you can complete this in flight form.

Comment by Shardsy

To see him1 Target him - hit box makes him easier to see2 Put a raid marker on him. Makes him easier to see.3 Make him your Focus and set minimap to track Focus. Makes it easier if you loose him.

To avoid barrageStay behind and above him which makes it easy to maneuver to avoid nasty things.If you have Camera more zoomed out the max (max-max) don't get to far behind (or you lose him)

Don't be fooledRace isn't over until "Quest complete".* He continue to shot at landing field.* He does continue the race! Even when going in for "landing".

* He makes 180 degree turns.* He can change altitude fast.* He can both - and shot- at the same time :P

Comment by biggaz69

Erm just done this today without any problems, I just followed him until we got back to the run way and he said 'Well, you won... I guess' After reading some of the comments I should of encountered a challenge but there wasn't one, like I said I just followed him and that was that? Not sure if being lvl 90 had anything to do with it?